Person

Gibson, Alexander James (1876 - 1960)

Born
18 December 1876
London, England
Died
2 December 1960
Cammeray, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Alexander Gibson, ME MInstCE MIEAust, was assistant lecturer in engineering, building and design at the University of Sydney from 1903 until 1910, when he was appointed foundation Professor of Engineering at the University of Queensland. In 1922 he moved into private practice as a consulting engineer in partnership with Sir George Julius and William Poole, to form the consulting engineering firm of Julius, Poole & Gibson, in Sydney.

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Chronology

2 Dec 1902
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1903 - 1910
Career position - Assistant lecturer in engineering, building and design, University of Sydney [Under Prof W H Warren]
1910 - 1919
Career position - Foundation Professor of Engineering, University of Queensland
1919 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Engineering), Australian National Research Council
1919
Award - Master of Engineering (ME), honoris causa, University of Queensland
1919
Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1920
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
19 Dec 1922
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1932
Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia
1937
Career position - President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1940
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia

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Archival resources

Charles Sturt University Regional Archives

  • John Allan Gibson - Records, 1927 - 1976, RW 12; Charles Sturt University Regional Archives. Details

National Archives of Australia, National Office

  • Alexander James Gibson - Records, MP 1044/1; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituaries: Alexander James Gibson; Ronald Arthur John Tompson; Wallis George Furness', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 33 (1961), N8. Details
  • Gibson, A. J., 'Presidential address', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (1933), 161-. Details
  • Gibson, A. J., 'Shaping the future of Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (1936), 37-. Details
  • Gibson, A. J., 'Presidential Address: The engineer and society. [Section H - Engineering and Architecture]', Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 (1937), 212-219. Details
  • Gibson, Alex, J., 'The design of a water tube boiler', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 9 (1904), 41-58. Details
  • Gibson, Alex. J., 'Some notes on the distribution of power in a double-ended screw steamer', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 14 (1909), 39-66, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/2167. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Tenth Annual Report [1929]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2 (1930), 123-127. 'Standards Association of Australia - Institution of Engineers Australia to be represented on the Council by: Sir Henry Barraclough, Mr R J Boyd, Sir George Julius, Mr D F J Harricks, Mr A J Gibson, and Senator J D Millen', p.124. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, '85th Council Meeting [18th November 1940, Melbourne]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 12 (1940), 321. 1940 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal to be made to Mr. A. J. Gibson, M.E., M.I.E.Aust., Sydney. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-first Annual Report [1940]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (1941), 33-51. 'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1940 award), to Mr A J Gibson, ME MIEAust, Sydney Division', p.37. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-third Annual Report [1942]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 15 (1943), 35-51. 'Engineering Standardisation - The Institution [of Engineers Australia] has been represented on the Council of the Standards Association during 1942 by: Sir Henry Barraclough, Mr R J Boyd, Mr H G Carter, Colonel W D Chapman, Mr A J Gibson and Mr T H Upton', p.38. Details
  • Schedvin, C. B., 'Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939', Historical Studies, 21 (1984), 11-28. Details

Reports

  • Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: for the year ended 30th June 1918 (Melbourne: Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1918), 64 pp. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2004795988. Details

Resources

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